Uranienborg church is a parish church in

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. The church is situated in the neighborhood of Uranienborg, next to Uranienborg Park behind the Royal Palace. Both the church and Uranienborg school just below were constructed in 1886. The church was built of brick and was the most expensive of all churches erected within Christiania (now Oslo) at this time. The church was designed by

Balthazar Lange Balthazar Conrad Lange (25 March 1854 - 13 September 1937) was a Norwegian architect. Personal life He was born in Asker as a son of customs treasurer and lieutenant colonel Christopher Andreas Lange (1808–1888) and Anne Birgithe Falsen. He ...

who was city architect in Christiania from 1898 to 1920. It was consecrated on 22 December 1886. The building is given a Gothic feel and was decorated with

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by the artist

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. The church was initially decorated with frescoes by Enevold Thømt, which have since been lost. In 1930 the interior received its present form by architect

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. The church has 1020 seats.Uranienborg kirke, kirkesok.no
in Norwegian

Gallery

File:Uranienborg kirke 2011 window close.jpg, Decorative window File:Uranienborg kirke 20130529-01.jpg, Interior File:Uranienborg kirke 20130529-04.jpg, Sanctuary File:Uranienborg kirke 20130529-05.jpg, Organ File:Uranienborg kirke 2011 front top.jpg, Church towers File:Uranienborg church front door.jpg, Front Door File:Uranienborg kirke 20130529-07.jpg, Altar File:Uranienborg kyrkje 4.jpg, Entrance File:Uranienborg kirke frontside 0001.jpg, Front side File:Uranienborg kirke 2011 spear.jpg, Steeple

References

Lutheran churches in Oslo Churches completed in 1886 1886 establishments in Norway 19th-century Church of Norway church buildings {{Oslo-church-stub